Exhalation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exhalation \Ex`ha*la"tion\, n. [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison,
     exhalation.]
     1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the
        form of steam or vapor; evaporation.
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     2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of
        vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as,
        exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter,
        etc.
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              Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise
              From hill or steaming lake.           --Milton.
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     3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. [archaic]
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              I shall fall
              Like a bright exhalation in the evening. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exhalation
       n 1: exhaled breath [syn: {halitus}]
       2: the act of expelling air from the lungs [syn: {expiration},
          {breathing out}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "exhalation":
     air, breath, effluvium, emanation, emission, evaporation, exhaust,
     expiration, fog, fume, gas, mist, puff, respiration, steam,
     suspiration, vapor, whiff